A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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Page 17
... better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart . Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is ...
... better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart . Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is ...
Page 35
... better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , neither do they spin : and yet I say unto ...
... better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , neither do they spin : and yet I say unto ...
Page 44
... better than the merchandise of silver , and the gain thereof than fine gold . She is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left ...
... better than the merchandise of silver , and the gain thereof than fine gold . She is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left ...
Page 52
... the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end that ye be not slothful , but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the prom- ises . [ Heb . vi . ] Better is 52 SCRIPTURE SELECTIONS .
... the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end that ye be not slothful , but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the prom- ises . [ Heb . vi . ] Better is 52 SCRIPTURE SELECTIONS .
Page 53
... Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof : and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit . [ Eccl . vii . ] Wherefore , seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses , let us lay ...
... Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof : and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit . [ Eccl . vii . ] Wherefore , seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses , let us lay ...
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A. C. Swinburne A. H. Clough Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise canst child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death doth dust earth eternal evermore eyes faint fair faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gentle Gerald Massey give giveth his beloved glory God's gone grave grief hand hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar immortal J. G. Whittier Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord Mary Howitt mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Quiet Hours righteousness river saith say unto Schaff & Gilman shadow shine sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom